- Sources: primary, discussion
- Summary: Andy Brice reports that he told GitHub on 2026-08-31 about a repository using his product's name and logo, and that he received only an automated acknowledgement for the following 23 days. He states that a colleague's VirusTotal scan flagged the Mac disk image, and that the image's background graphic had been altered to tell downloaders to ignore malware warnings. He records the takedown as arriving roughly ten minutes after his post reached the Hacker News front page. The account is self-reported and the malware determination could not be checked independently.
- Why it matters: The abuse queue moved on public attention rather than on the report, so a vendor whose product is impersonated on GitHub has no dependable takedown timeline.
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